{"product_id":"red-sheet-hardcover-by-james-ellroy","title":"Red Sheet Hardcover by James Ellroy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKnopf\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-06-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e544\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780525656814\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e737.1\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e23.95 x 16.74 x 3.51\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Bestselling, award-winning author James Ellroy (\"The neo-noir eminence of L.A. crime fiction.\" –\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) a gritty, fast-paced historical crime thriller set in 1962 Los Angeles during the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Freddy Otash novels will be mentioned ... as some of Ellroy's best work.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s late October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis has just concluded. The Russkies blinked and pulled their ICBMs out of Cuba. Attorney General Robert Kennedy fears reprisals from seething commies. He orders a red probe and puts the LAPD on the job.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreddy Otash is injudiciously named the lead investigating officer. He’s a stone-cold criminal with police sanction and a harrowing dope habit. He homes in on a red-front trade union. There’s a murder on Halloween night. It may link to ex-VP and current gubernatorial candidate Richard Nixon and two commie snuffs from eight years back. Freddy’s overworked and overamped. He’s running the probe, and Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman—Tricky Dick Nixon’s head goons—have hired him to keep Nixon away from the smear-minded press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL.A. is coming unglued. Ex-cop\/lawyer Tom Bradley is running for a city council seat and pushing the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Playboy kingpin Hugh Hefner is along for the ride, out to exploit racial tension \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e peddle untold copies of his smut rag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Sheet\u003c\/i\u003e is James Ellroy’s most crazed kamikaze run and a daring, subversive work of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Tabloid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cold Six Thousand,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood’s A Rover; \u003c\/i\u003eand the L.A. Quartet novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Black Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Confidential\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhite Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of two other Freddy Otash novels, \u003ci\u003eWidespread Panic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanters\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the 2022 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46524293284001,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780525656814","price":46.54,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780525656814.jpg?v=1780992454","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/red-sheet-hardcover-by-james-ellroy","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}